Can Trump's DOJ Ban Gun Ownership for Trans Individuals.

On Thursday, this Daily Wire article reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was looking at banning the right to own firearms for transgender people.  This is an apparent reaction to the latest school shooting, where the attacker identified as transgender.

The DOJ’s discussions center on the fact that those who identify as transgender suffer from gender dysphoria, a mental disorder, the DOJ source familiar with the conversations shared with The Daily Wire. Gender dysphoria describes the sense of unease that a man or woman may feel if he or she thinks that their biological sex is mismatched with their so-called gender identity.

Podcaster Ben Shapiro briefly touched on this during his Friday program.

I'm not a lawyer but it is my understanding that the only way the government can take away the gun rights of someone with a mental health issue is if they are adjudicated mentally ill or have been involuntarily confined to a mental facility.  Gender dysphoria is a mental illness.  It is a condition defined as significant psychological distress arising from a mismatch between what a person believes their sex is and their biological sex. Most children with gender dysphoria do not continue to experience the condition into adulthood.

Shapiro mentioned red flag laws in his comments.  Most in the pro-rights community are opposed to red flag laws because of the way they are crafted.  They take away an individual's rights without due process.

Preventing school shootings is a difficult task.  I don't know that taking away the rights of individuals because they have a condition that in many cases goes away with proper treatment (which is not "gender affirming care" as it is euphimistically known to the left) is the correct response to the latest school shooting.